Structural design
Building physics

Kurt Engert House in Kiel

Care and living in Kiel

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Client:
Kiel City Monastery Foundation
Object:
4-storey nursing home (44 care places) and 6-storey building with 59 senior apartments, restaurant/cafe/physiotherapy practice/hairdressing salon (NF 7,280 m²)
Design:
APB. Architects BDA, Hamburg
Services:
Structural design
Building physics
Structural design, energy requirement verification
Special features:
  • Construction in existing buildings parallel to demolition of existing buildings
  • Due to the slope and the existing strata water, the (technical) basement and the underground garage (NF 925 m²) are designed as a waterproof construction
  • Spans with system lengths of up to 40 m
  • Use of the staircase cores together with ceiling and wall panels to reinforce the building
  • Sanitary structures as prefabricated bathroom cells